Sentenced offender numbers in SA prisons decline over 10 years – here are the numbers
The overall prison population has increased since 2014, but this is mainly…
Mpumalanga prisons face staffing squeeze and overcrowding worries
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has raised concerns about staffing shortages…
Here’s how South Africa’s prisons are bursting at the seams
Not a single region in the country is operating within its approved…
More than 400 deaths in South African prisons unaccounted for
86 officials have been charged in connection with unnatural deaths in prisons…
Here’s the amount of drugs that were confiscated in SA’s prisons last year
The Department of Correctional Services recently released a breakdown of the drugs…
Court processes clogging prisons, hears correctional services committee
The Department of Correctional Services says 40% of the prison population is…
Returnee Claims Nigerians Are Losing Their Minds in Libyan Prisons
Nigerians: Olaniyi, a 32-year-old widow and mother of two, has opened up…
3 toughest, inescapable prisons in the world
A prison, by definition, is meant to be a place of correction,…
Breaking bad: Prisons minister revokes parole of Alison Botha’s attackers in historic move
Pieter Groenewald is SA's first correctional services minister to overturn parole granted…
Nearly 15k foreigners in SA’s overcrowded prisons
South African prisons are 56% overcrowded, with 14 920 foreign nationals contributing…
